Red Bluff Health Care Center

Name: Red Bluff Health Care Center
Address: 555 LUTHER ROAD, Red Bluff, CA, 96080, US
Telephone: 5305276232

555 Luther Road, Red Bluff, CA 96080 · Tehama County · 58 certified beds · avg 54 residents/day · certified since May 10, 1971

Part of chain: PRATAP PODDATOORI (6 facilities, chain avg rating 3.5★)

3/5

Health inspection rating (on-site)

Serious findings on record

$31,757

Fines, last 3 years

4.50

Nurse hours/resident/day (adjusted)

What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)

Health inspection rating: ★★★☆☆3/5 · CMS overall rating: 4/5

The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and self-reported quality measures.

All citations in the current public record (28)

CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed.

Date	Severity	What the facility was cited for
Jun 9, 2026	D · Potential for harm, one-off	The facility did not provide appropriate care related to bladder and bowel needs — including care for residents who use catheters and steps to prevent urinary tract infections. · from a complaint
Jun 9, 2026	D · Potential for harm, one-off	The facility did not provide necessary behavioral health care and services — support for residents' mental and emotional wellbeing, including conditions like depression and anxiety. · from a complaint
Apr 21, 2026	F · Potential for harm, facility-wide	The facility was not managed in a way that uses its money, staff, and resources effectively and efficiently to care for residents. · from a complaint
Apr 21, 2026	E · Potential for harm, repeated	The facility did not treat residents with dignity and respect, or did not honor their rights to make their own decisions and communicate freely. This is one of the most fundamental resident rights. · from a complaint
Jan 23, 2026	E · Potential for harm, repeated	The facility did not provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, including safe support for residents' daily living needs.
Jan 23, 2026	E · Potential for harm, repeated	The facility did not honor residents' right to voice complaints without discrimination or retaliation, or did not have a working complaint process that resolves issues promptly.
Jan 23, 2026	E · Potential for harm, repeated	The facility did not report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft to the proper authorities quickly enough, or did not report the results of its investigation.
Jan 23, 2026	E · Potential for harm, repeated	The facility did not provide safe and appropriate respiratory care — such as oxygen, breathing treatments, or care for residents on breathing equipment — for residents who needed it.
Jan 23, 2026	E · Potential for harm, repeated	The facility did not observe each nurse aide's job performance or provide regular training as required.
Jan 23, 2026	E · Potential for harm, repeated	The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards.
Jan 23, 2026	D · Potential for harm, one-off	The facility provided care that did not meet professional standards of quality — the accepted standards that nurses and other clinicians are expected to follow.
Jan 23, 2026	D · Potential for harm, one-off	The facility did not provide safe and appropriate pain management for a resident who needed it.
Jan 23, 2026	D · Potential for harm, one-off	The facility did not provide pharmacy services that meet each resident's needs, or did not employ or contract with a licensed pharmacist.
Jan 23, 2026	D · Potential for harm, one-off	The facility did not label drugs according to professional standards or did not store them in locked compartments, with controlled drugs (medications with a high risk of misuse) kept under a separate lock.
Jan 23, 2026	D · Potential for harm, one-off	The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide.
Jan 10, 2025	E · Potential for harm, repeated	The facility did not provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, including safe support for residents' daily living needs.
Jan 10, 2025	D · Potential for harm, one-off	The facility provided care that did not meet professional standards of quality — the accepted standards that nurses and other clinicians are expected to follow.
Jan 10, 2025	D · Potential for harm, one-off	The facility did not provide safe and appropriate respiratory care — such as oxygen, breathing treatments, or care for residents on breathing equipment — for residents who needed it.
Jan 10, 2025	D · Potential for harm, one-off	The facility did not try to gradually reduce doses of mood- and mind-altering medications or use non-drug approaches first, as required, or used 'as needed' psychiatric drugs without proper limits.
Oct 12, 2023	E · Potential for harm, repeated	The facility did not honor residents' rights to request, refuse, or stop treatment, to decline participation in medical research, or to make an advance directive — a written statement of their wishes for future medical care.
Oct 12, 2023	E · Potential for harm, repeated	The facility used bed rails without first trying safer alternatives, or without assessing the resident's safety risk, discussing the risks and benefits with the resident or family, getting consent, and installing the rails correctly.
Oct 12, 2023	E · Potential for harm, repeated	The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide.
Oct 12, 2023	D · Potential for harm, one-off	The facility did not create and follow a basic care plan covering a new resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of admission. The first days are when a new resident is most vulnerable.
Oct 12, 2023	D · Potential for harm, one-off	The facility did not develop or follow a complete care plan for each resident — the written roadmap covering all of a resident's needs, with measurable goals and timelines.
Oct 12, 2023	D · Potential for harm, one-off	The facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals.
Oct 12, 2023	D · Potential for harm, one-off	The facility did not provide the care needed to maintain or improve residents' movement and flexibility — such as range-of-motion exercises — leading to avoidable decline.
Oct 12, 2023	D · Potential for harm, one-off	The facility did not provide safe and appropriate respiratory care — such as oxygen, breathing treatments, or care for residents on breathing equipment — for residents who needed it.
Oct 12, 2023	D · Potential for harm, one-off	The facility did not provide timely, quality laboratory tests to meet residents' needs.

Inspection trend by year

Citations from standard inspections increased between the last two inspection cycles (4 → 11).

Year	Citations	Worst severity that year
2023	9	E
2025	4	E
2026	15	F

Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.

Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)

7 fines totaling $31,757.

Date	Type	Amount / length
Oct 2, 2023	Fine	$4,587
Sep 25, 2023	Fine	$4,587
Sep 18, 2023	Fine	$4,587
Sep 11, 2023	Fine	$4,587
Sep 5, 2023	Fine	$4,587
Aug 28, 2023	Fine	$4,587
Aug 21, 2023	Fine	$4,235

Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)

Measure	This facility	California avg	U.S. avg	Where it stands
Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day)	4.50	4.31	3.95	top 28% in California; top 23% in the U.S.
Registered Nurse hours	0.40	0.61	0.69	bottom 32% in California; bottom 22% in the U.S.
Weekend total nurse staffing	4.44	3.90	3.50	top 16% in California; top 13% in the U.S.
Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted)	0.30	0.51	0.48	bottom 33% in California; bottom 31% in the U.S.
Total nursing staff turnover (%)	32.1	36.7	45.8	top 38% in California; top 18% in the U.S.
RN turnover (%)	20.0	38.1	42.9	top 19% in California; top 13% in the U.S.

Hours are per resident per day, case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 3.75, RN 0.33, weekend 3.70. Staffing rating: 4/5.

Self-reported quality measures

Note: these ratings are based on data the facility reports about itself to CMS. They are not independently verified by inspectors, and can look better than inspection findings. Give more weight to the inspection results above.

Quality measures rating: 5/5 · long-stay residents: 5/5 · short-stay residents: 5/5

Who owns this facility

For profit - Corporation

Owner / manager	Type	Role	Stake	Since
Poddatoori, Pratap	Individual	5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest	100%	02/17/2006
Andres, Norma	Individual	Operational/Managerial Control	NOT APPLICABLE	02/17/2006
Andres, Norma	Individual	ADP of the SNF	NOT APPLICABLE	02/17/2006
Atkins, Nicole	Individual	Operational/Managerial Control	NOT APPLICABLE	10/19/2012
Atkins, Nicole	Individual	ADP of the SNF	NOT APPLICABLE	10/19/2012
Brower, Zoilita	Individual	Operational/Managerial Control	NOT APPLICABLE	10/25/2013
Brower, Zoilita	Individual	ADP of the SNF	NOT APPLICABLE	10/25/2013
Cobb, Russel	Individual	Operational/Managerial Control	NOT APPLICABLE	03/13/2006
Cobb, Russel	Individual	ADP of the SNF	NOT APPLICABLE	03/13/2006
Davis, Alicia	Individual	Operational/Managerial Control	NOT APPLICABLE	02/28/2025
Davis, Alicia	Individual	ADP of the SNF	NOT APPLICABLE	02/28/2025
Garrison, Jared	Individual	Operational/Managerial Control	NOT APPLICABLE	01/01/2019
Garrison, Jared	Individual	ADP of the SNF	NOT APPLICABLE	01/01/2019
Guerrero, Sylvia	Individual	Operational/Managerial Control	NOT APPLICABLE	09/01/2022
Guerrero, Sylvia	Individual	ADP of the SNF	NOT APPLICABLE	09/01/2022
Gutierrez, Diane	Individual	Operational/Managerial Control	NOT APPLICABLE	05/22/2007
Gutierrez, Diane	Individual	ADP of the SNF	NOT APPLICABLE	05/22/2007
Hycare INC	Organization	Operational/Managerial Control	NOT APPLICABLE	09/07/2006
Hycare INC	Organization	ADP of the SNF	NOT APPLICABLE	10/10/2025
Kissinger, James	Individual	Operational/Managerial Control	NOT APPLICABLE	02/04/2021

Questions to ask on your visit

Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.

"How do you care for residents with incontinence or catheters, and what do you do to prevent urinary tract infections?"
"What mental health services do you provide on-site, and who delivers them?"
"What were the findings behind this administration citation, and what has leadership changed since?"
"Can you give me examples of how your staff protect residents' dignity in everyday care, like bathing and dressing?"
"Can we tour the resident rooms, bathrooms, and common areas today, including areas not on the usual tour route?"
"Walk me through what happens when a resident or family files a grievance — who responds and how fast?"
"When abuse or theft is suspected, who do you notify, how fast, and how do you inform the family?"
"How many residents here use oxygen or breathing equipment, and who checks that equipment each shift?"
"What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
"Can I see the results and plan of correction from your most recent state inspection?"

Nearby facilities (within 20 miles)

Facility	Distance	City	Overall	Inspection	Flags
Shasta View Care Center	1.2 mi	Red Bluff, CA	★☆☆☆☆	1/5	SFF

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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 056274.

The Care File

Visit checklist — Red Bluff Health Care Center

555 Luther Road, Red Bluff, CA 96080 · 5305276232

Health inspection rating 3/5 · CMS overall 4/5· Fines (3y): $31,757

Questions for the administrator:

☐ "How do you care for residents with incontinence or catheters, and what do you do to prevent urinary tract infections?"
☐ "What mental health services do you provide on-site, and who delivers them?"
☐ "What were the findings behind this administration citation, and what has leadership changed since?"
☐ "Can you give me examples of how your staff protect residents' dignity in everyday care, like bathing and dressing?"
☐ "Can we tour the resident rooms, bathrooms, and common areas today, including areas not on the usual tour route?"
☐ "Walk me through what happens when a resident or family files a grievance — who responds and how fast?"
☐ "When abuse or theft is suspected, who do you notify, how fast, and how do you inform the family?"
☐ "How many residents here use oxygen or breathing equipment, and who checks that equipment each shift?"
☐ "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
☐ "Can I see the results and plan of correction from your most recent state inspection?"

While you're there, notice:

☐ Smell and cleanliness in hallways, not just the lobby
☐ How staff speak to residents; call lights answered promptly
☐ Residents up, dressed, and engaged (visit mealtimes and a weekend if you can)

Data: CMS Provider Data Catalog, version 2026-08-01 · CCN 056274 · Verify at medicare.gov/care-compare · Printed from The Care File (thecarefile.com)